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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No. What I'm saying is, in both cases, you are inventing a new fact about the world that wasn't present before. Just in one of them... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And yet again, what "quantum" is changes to fit whatever argument is convenient for the arguer today. I'm done. I'm not going to...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..As always, quibbles rather than engaging with the core point. You're now declaring that this challenge never could have ever been...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What does "better than some" mean? Because "some" can mean almost anything. Like, as long as you can find at least one (or, if someone...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What's the difference between those things? Like seriously. In practice, what's the difference? Because as far as I can tell, "you put...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I just...I don't buy this. I don't. A "complication" means that things...got complicated. An event or an object or an action which...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And if more folks held a position like this, I wouldn't have nearly as much of a problem. Instead, there have been several folks across...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I have never thought that D&D was best for sim. It allows for sim, it has many trappings of it, and can be adjusted to move further in... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting...... Which is literally what was being described. There IS a cook around, somewhere--her position isn't quantum, it is not currently...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General D&D Variants Forum with
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Depends on if you count D&D 4e as D&D. I would absolutely describe it as a 4e variant but, come to think of it, the direct overlap to... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Bear in mind here that -- for my part at least -- I assume some mechanics to be diegetic. Meaning that invoking those mechanics reflects... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
Superhero games are the only ones I care to play where genre conventions are higher priority than verisimilitude (and even then only...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In addition to what @EzekielRaiden posted, I didn't use the phrase "surprise roll" in relation to 5e D&D - I used the phrase "rules for...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Absolutely not. "There is an iceberg ahead" is only a complication if the person at the helm doesn't know how to pilot their ship. The...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This would seem to setup a conflict in the manifesto presented earlier. That is, that manifesto claimed that mechanics are never more...